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Your smartphone is always in your front pocket, reassuring you with its hefty weight, giving you a solid block to periodically touch and remind yourself that yes, you’re connected, yes you can be reached, yes you can Instagram any second you’d like… But if that life of an addict is no longer for you, and you’ve decided to ditch your phone for good (bold move, my friend!), the NoPhone might help you transition. It’s just a piece of plastic. But it’s a piece of plastic meant to mimic the look and feel of a phone. You carry it in your pocket as you would a phone, and it gives you the same tactile feedback, minus any functionality whatsoever. It weighs between 2.82 and 3.5 ounces (between 80 and 100 grams), and its measurements are as follows: Height: 5.5 inches (140 mm), Width: 2.6 inches (67 mm), Depth: 0.29 inches (7.3 mm). Standard smartphone dimensions.

A selfie upgrade is available, which consists of a mirror, and can send you your own selfies to yourself in realtime. You can even “add a verbal hashtag by syncing your brain and vocal cords.” It’s brilliant. Best of all, it’s only $12 and should be able to ship in time for Christmas.

We’ve all seen ‘that guy’ with the Hummer, parking between spots like he owns the place. It’s infuriating, not the least of which because ‘that guy’ is usually not around for you to glare at and at least have a shot at letting him know just how pissed off you are. But if you’d been carrying these cool business cards, it would have taken you all of 5 seconds to send a clear message, just by slipping one under his wipers. You’d then be free to go inside your store and smugly shop, with the comforting knowledge that in a few minutes someone is going to get insulted, and you won’t even have to confront face to face.

Look popping, not smashing, when you don the Bubble Wrap suit over whatever it is you’re currently wearing. It’s a suit made from bubble wrap that you can actually pop–although you probably shouldn’t, because you’ll only end up with a deflated suit at the end of the day. The blazer comes with a hood and Velcro closure, while the pants have an elastic waistband to so you’re snug and comfy.

If you’re resigned to wearing an ugly sweater this Christmas like you do every year, then make it this one. It’s the Street Fighter ugly Christmas sweater from Yellow Bulldog and it’s as ugly as you’d expect an ugly sweater to be. What sets it apart from the rest is that it features none other than Ken and Ryu, right smack in the pixelated middle.

Who knows? The sweater just might hadouken its way into your heart and permanently into your wardrobe.

It’s no secret that TV shows follow a formula. Ever wonder what it is, for various shows? This is John Atkinson’s take on that. We think it’s particularly accurate, regardless of how cynical you think we might be. And that right there, is the reason we download or stream anything we decide to watch.

If you’re going to roll up a doobie, be a brother and help your kitty out. There he’s been all these years, staring at you while you wharf down on your pizza, hoping for bits of pepperoni to fall on the floor. That’s no way to love. These Catnip Joints will let your feline friend indulge in some cat-safe trippin of his own. Each joint contains 100% pure catnip, with no fillers or anything else. They’re wrapped in cloth and shouldn’t open up and make a mess. Toss him one and watch him trip out, leaving you to do your own thing guilt-free. It’s $10 for a set of 5.

Jason Voorhees is a name that evokes terror in the hearts of those who believe (and to all those who watched every movie in his horror franchise.) If his name doesn’t, then perhaps his hockey mask will…and now you can have your daily fill of horror with these spoons inspired by the latter.

Use the spoons to stir lattes, to drink soup, and to spread peanut butter and horror all over your toast. The spoons are available on Etsy for $38.

One of the scariest elements of the Alien franchise has got to be the chestbursters. Even the mere thought of having an alien creature growing and feeding inside you before bursting out of your chest, causing excruciating pain is hair-raising. This holds true, even if you haven’t watched any of the movies, and prankster Rahat is well-aware of this.

That’s probably why he chose to do the alien chestburster prank on unsuspecting drive-thru workers. (On a side note, he’s done a lot of these drive-thru pranks so it’s only a matter of time before they wise up to Rahat’s ways, right?) Check out the reaction that his prank elicits from the drive-thru people, some of them are just priceless!

At a loss for Halloween costume ideas? Then grab your best bud (or someone who’s in the same boat in the costume department) and team up for an unusual collaborative Halloween get-up that’ll turn heads and even elicit a few laughs: the Get Me Outta This Cage costume. Technically, it’s just one costume, but you’ll need two people to achieve the full effect. One guy will be in the gorilla suit, while the other one plays the, well, caged human.

Neither can probably keep the charade going throughout the night–carrying an adult dude isn’t exactly easy on the arms, and sitting in that cage all cramped up can make you cramp up–but it’s definitely fun while it lasts. There’s another version of the costume where an abominable snowman takes the place of the gorilla.

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